§ Captain W. BENNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is competent under the terms of the recent White Paper for committees to recommend a prohibitive duty in order definitely to exclude foreign importations?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKAs will be seen on reference to paragraph 8 of Section II of the White Paper, committees are instructed to report what rate or rates of duty in their opinion would be reasonably sufficient to countervail the unfair competition as defined in the White Paper.